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BM.36081 (ebl:BM.36081)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.36081 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.36081 |
| Museum no. | BM.36081 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse? col 2' 17' | My ildu priest(ess)... the ildu priest(ess)... the ildu priest(ess) |
| reverse? col 2' 16' | ...... ditto. |
| obverse? col 2' 12' | Eirsagus |
| obverse? col 1' 3' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 11' | E'urme'iminanki temple |
| reverse? col 2' 15' | my young man from the weavers and my young man from the house |
| obverse? col 2' 9' | In his Edara temple |
| reverse? col 2' 7' | to the... of the land |
| reverse? col 1' 1' | Beloved |
| obverse? col 2' 14' | Emetursag |
| reverse? col 2' 19' | my great wild bull(?) |
| reverse? col 2' 6' | ...... |
| reverse? col 1' 6' | ......... |
| reverse? col 1' 3' | my... |
| reverse? col 2' 10' | ......... |
| reverse? col 1' 7' | ... my water |
| reverse? col 2' 8' | ...... |
| reverse? col 1' 4' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 5' | Your city Nintir |
| obverse? col 2' 1' | ...... |
| reverse? col 1' 10' | ... her...... |
| reverse? col 2' 9' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 13' | In Kish, the scribal school |
| obverse? col 2' 2' | The shrine Dukug, the holy place |
| obverse? col 1' 4' | ...... Ilâ ditto |
| reverse? col 1' 5' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 17' | Ur, the Ekinugal temple |
| obverse? col 2' 7' | Ezida, Emahtila |
| obverse? col 1' 2' | ...... Ilâ? ditto |
| obverse? col 1' 8' | ...... ditto. |
| obverse? col 2' 10' | Enambizda temple |
| reverse? col 2' 2' | he will measure out for him. |
| reverse? col 2' 18' | did not seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/seize/se |
| obverse? col 1' 6' | ...... ditto. |
| reverse? col 2' 11' | eshese |
| reverse? col 2' 12' | eshese |
| obverse? col 2' 4' | Sippar, the Ebabbar temple |
| obverse? col 1' 5' | ..., |
| reverse? col 2' 14' | ...... ditto |
| obverse? col 2' 16' | Dilbat, E-ibbi-Anu |
| reverse? col 1' 2' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1' 7' | ..., |
| obverse? col 2' 3' | a-eluma... |
| obverse? col 1' 1' | ......, my brother |
| reverse? col 2' 5' | to the scribal art |
| reverse? col 1' 13' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 15' | Gudu'a, the Emeslam temple |
| reverse? col 1' 9' | ...... |
| reverse? col 2' 1' | ... exalted... |
| reverse? col 2' 22' | my... |
| reverse? col 1' 8' | ...... |
| reverse? col 2' 4' | to the temple of the gods |
| obverse? col 1' 9' | he smote |
| obverse? col 2' 8' | Etemanki temple |
| obverse? col 1' 10' | ... |
| reverse? col 2' 21' | my... |
| reverse? col 2' 3' | ... they are |
| reverse? col 2' 20' | They brought out my oxen, single(?)..., single(?)... |
| reverse? col 1' 12' | ...... |
| reverse? col 1' 11' | ...... |
| reverse? col 2' 13' | my..., from the house of his mother |
| obverse? col 2' 6' | The temple Esagil of Budsib, the temple of Nanna |
Sources & licences
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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